Trevor Rabin

Trevor Charles Rabin ( born January 13, 1954 in Johannesburg) is a South African rock musician and composer who gained through his film scores notoriety. He mainly plays guitar and keyboards.

• 3.1 Albums ( with Rabbitt )
• 3.2 Albums ( Solo)
• 3.3 Albums ( with Yes)
• 3.4 soundtracks

Life

Rabbitt (up to 1978)

The career of the singer, songwriter and guitarist Trevor Rabin began when the South African band Rabbitt, who in the 1970s in their home country with their three albums Boys Will Be Boys (1976 ), Croak & A Grunt In The Night (1977 ) and rock Rabbitt (1978 ) became popular.

Start of solo career in England (1978-1981)

After he had left the band, Rabin went to London to pursue a solo career. He took there on the three guitar rock albums Trevor Rabin (1978), Face To Face (1979) and Wolf ( 1981). In Wolf, which was produced by Ray Davies at Konk Studios which are Manfred Mann and hear Jack Bruce (ex - Cream).

Since 1980 there have been mediated by managers and record companies, most notably the former Yes manager Brian Lane, and the newly founded label Geffen Records, several attempts to establish a supergroup by Trevor Rabin, who was believed in the face of his solo albums for very chart fit. A possible lineup, which, however, did not materialize, included, in addition Rabin former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, the former King Crimson, Uriah Heep and UK member John Wetton and Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Then tried to bring together Keith Emerson, a band with Rabin and bassist Jack Bruce. After the founding of the band Asia whose members Wetton, Palmer, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes initially thought because, in addition to Wetton to hire a second singer, and it was a series of invited musicians, including Trevor Rabin again, but in the end they decided against it mainly because Wetton vocals and the guitar work Howe did not want to split. Rabin had with the band the song Here comes the feeling and Starry Eyes (later Only Time Will Tell ) played. Rabin ultimately opted for an offer from the former Yes rhythm section.

If Yes, (1981-1994)

As Rabin after switching his record company first met in 1981 with Yes bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White of the British progressive rock band Yes, the band no longer existed actually: singer Jon Anderson was the album Drama (1980 ) no longer present, along with keyboardist Rick Wakeman. Both had been substituted for the aforementioned album by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes of The Buggles, who had, however, left the band again soon. Squire and White had drawn attention to himself since drama only by the Single Run with the Fox. Sessions with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had led not to the expected cooperation as XYZ ( " ex Yes Zeppelin ").

Although the first sessions with Rabin, Squire and White ( played by first XYZ material ) according to a statement of all involved musically rather were a disaster, understood all so good that it was decided to continue the cooperation. Rabin, Squire and White wanted with keyboardist Tony Kaye ( also formerly of Yes active) actually form a new band called Cinema. When finally Jon Anderson interest in the new, now exclusively from Rabin's ideas ( at least 24 songs in demo form) existing, showed song - material, and insisted on the name " Yes", you named the project in order - not just for joy Rabin, which was the thought of being seen by the old Yes fans as Steve Howe spare and held responsible for the change of style the band uncomfortable. So when exactly this happened, emerged first friction in the band, especially between Rabin and Anderson, who wanted to follow a more traditional in the sense of progressive rock way 90125. However, Rabin prevailed on Big Generator with its pop -rock- oriented style. In fact, Rabin was not the reason for the change of style, but the move away from collective composition, which had influenced the style of Yes in the 1970s.

Rabin, who had been active as a singer alongside Jon Anderson, the band completely (Talk, 1994) or partially also participated in the production of some albums ( then along with Trevor Horn and others). Yes owe him her biggest commercial success, the album 90125 (1983) with the hit single Owner of a Lonely Heart, which comes as the entire album for the most part from Rabin's spring.

Solo and film music (1989 to present)

Published in 1989, Rabin between two Yes albums solo LP Can not Look Away, with whom he went on tour. One of the concerts can be heard on the published 2003 album Live in LA.

Rabin wrote next to it along with former Supertramp guitarist and vocalist Roger Hodgson (who was in the early nineties for a short time as Anderson 's successor at Yes in conversation ), among others, the song Walls, which then ultimately, but sung by Anderson, to talk (1994 ) landed. In Hodgson's album Open the Door, in turn, finds that with Rabin written and recorded piece The More I Look. In addition, he has during his time with Yes also recorded as a solo artist album -. Can not Look Away from the year 1989 Since his departure in 1994, he devoted himself almost exclusively to film music.

Most of his soundtracks he composed for action movies ( Armageddon, Con Air, The Sorcerer's Apprentice ). His close collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer and his penchant for synthesizers and melodic themes determined his style significantly and made him known worldwide. The end of 2006 had announced that he had re- interest in the rock music business, even the rumor of a re-entry at Yes made ​​the rounds Rabin. Rabin rumor has been neither confirmed nor denied.

Style

Rabin's style, which determines his solo albums as well as all of the resulting under his employees Yes albums ( 90125, Big Generator, Union, talc ), is characterized by the mainstream stadium rock of the 1980s, West Coast AOR elements and Melodic Rock (roughly comparable to the bands Journey or Foreigner ), sometimes influenced by his work with Yes, be combined easily - progressive elements with the few. His guitar playing is much more focused on the American blues-rock than, say, Steve Howes, his predecessor ( and successor ) at Yes. During a joint tour of the album Union, 1991/92, the stylistic contrasts between the two guitarists were particularly clear.

Discography

Albums ( with Rabbitt )

• Boys Will Be Boys (1976 )

Albums (solo)

• Trevor Rabin (1978 )
• Face To Face ( 1979)
• Wolf ( 1981)
• Can not Look Away ( 1989)
• Beginnings ( Old recordings, 2003)
• Live in LA ( live recordings from the 1980s, 2003)
• 90124 ( demos and rarities from the Yes - time, 2003)
• Jacaranda (2012 )

Albums ( with Yes)

• 90125 (1983)
• 9012Live: The Solos (1985 )
• Big generator ( 1987)
• Union ( 1991)
• Talc (1994)

Soundtracks

Under the following films composed Trevor Rabin including the soundtrack or at least, was instrumental in the creation of: